Guo, a standard first-class word in modern Chinese (commonly used words), reads ancient Mandarin, and Guo always draws 10 pictures; The order of strokes is: point, horizontal, vertical, horizontal folding, horizontal, horizontal left/horizontal hook, vertical hook, lifting, horizontal folding hook/horizontal left hook and vertical.
Guo belongs to six pictophonetic characters, which was first seen in inscriptions on bronze. The basic meaning of "Guo" is the city wall built outside the city, such as Guo Wei; The extended meaning of "Guo" generally refers to cities, such as "Guo Yi".
In modern Chinese, "Guo" also refers to the skin, such as the body fluid filling. "Guo" was first found in bronze inscriptions, and later found in Qin bamboo slips and essays. The simplified word "Guo" evolved from Xiao Zhuan in Qin Dynasty.
Exploring the origin of Guo surname
1, derived from Ji's surname. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Wu established his uncle Guo Zhong in Baoji, Shaanxi, and called him Xiguo (Guo Tong). When it moved eastward, the western country moved to Henan, renamed the southern country, and was destroyed in Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period. The history of staying in the former western country said that it was destroyed by Qin in the Spring and Autumn Period. Zhou Wuwang named his uncle Guo Shu in Dongguo, north of Xingyang, Henan.
After moving eastward, the land of Dongguo was given to Zheng, who made great contributions to the eastward movement. The descendants of Dongguo moved northward to Pinglu, Shanxi Province, known as Beiguo in history, and later disappeared in Jin Dynasty. There are Guo surnames in the western countries, the eastern countries and the southern countries, and in the northern countries (Guo Xu and Guo Xu), but Guo surnames after Guo surnames are the largest and most important tribe of the Guo family in China.
2. Originated in Ren Shi. The surname of Huangdizi tribe is Ren, and Ren Shi is also one of the important clans in Huangdi era 12, located in Dongyi nationality. Guo Yu was born in Yujing, and his descendants established Guo in Xia Dynasty, which was destroyed by Qi in 670 BC. Zhongshan Guo family was born in Guguo.
3. Originated from place names, it belongs to the name of Juyi. Guo, the outer city, is an ancient city wall built outside the city wall. People living in outer cities think Guo, and some of them are named East, South, West and North because they live in different positions of the city wall. Most of their descendants changed their surnames to the single surname Guo. This kind of Guo surname mainly occurred in the northern region of the pre-Qin period, and its ethnic origin and surname have no textual research.
4. Originated from ethnic minorities
(1) Hui nationality, the ancestor of the Hui nationality Guo surname is Persian Ibn Kus Deguanggong in the Western Regions, and his Chinese name is Guo Guangde. "Kus" and "Guo" are homophonic, which is the origin of China surname of Hui people. Most of the Hui people in Quanzhou and Hui 'an, as well as the Hui people surnamed Guo who moved to other places, are descendants of Guo Guangde.
(2) It originated from Mongols and belongs to Chinese renaming. According to the history book Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, Family Bamboo Slips and Mongolian Eight Banners Surnames, Mongolian Guo surnames, Guo surnames and Guo Qi surnames are all Guo surnames in Chinese.
(3) It originated from Manchu. According to the history book A Brief History of Tongzhi Clans in Qing Dynasty, Manchu Clans originated from Guiyikun tribe, a Nuzhen nationality in Jin Dynasty. Its Chinese meaning is "hook", which is one of the oldest surnames of Manchu, and its Chinese surname is Guo. Others include the Manchu Guo Jia Jia, Guo Le Ben Jia, Toler Jia and Guo Qili.